KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), which has partially resumed its international flight operations, decided on Thursday to operate more flights to repatriate hundreds of Pakistanis stranded in Malaysia, Thailand and France. A PIA spokesman said that the national flag carrier had decided to extend its international relief flight operations to bring back Pakistanis stranded in different countries. A special flight will be operated to Denmark from Islamabad on April 10. Likewise, another PIA flight will be operated for Baku city of Azerbaijan to repatriate 125 stranded Pakistanis. On April 11, a PIA flight will be operated to Kuala Lumpur…
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PARIS: Airbus is revising its aircraft production rates downwards to adapt to a new market environment caused by the coronavirus pandemic.Going forward, Airbus will produce 40 A320s a month, as well as two A330s and six A350s. This represents a reduction of the pre-coronavirus average rates of roughly one third.With these new rates, Airbus preserves its ability to meet customer demand while protecting its ability to further adapt as the global market evolves. In quarter one, Airbus booked 290 net commercial aircraft orders and delivered 122 aircraft. A further 60 aircraft were produced during the quarter, however, they remain undelivered…
ISLAMABAD: Serena Hotels and HBL join hands to provides 30,000 meal-boxes over a period of one month, in seven cities with Serena Hotel presence, to medical professionals battling at the frontline of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. Serena Hotels will provide the meal-boxes with the support of HBL. The collaboration, “Jazba-e-Khidmat”, is a joint initiative of HBL and Serena Hotels and aims to provide specially prepared meal-boxes to the medical teams at the COVID-19 designated hospitals and health camps in the seven cities: Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Swat, Quetta, Gilgit and Khaplu. The “Jazba-e-Khidmat” meal-boxes will be provided twice a day…
WRITTEN BY CH. FAISAL MAHMOOD Tourism industry all over the world from one end to another has entered into an unprecedented, unparallel and matchless crisis since the World War 2. The horrifying thing is that the duration and devastating impact of the killer virus is still unknown, apparently limitless. Truly, we never witnessed tourism industry of the world in such big trouble before. As we mentioned that the Tourism industry of whole world, from Artic region to Thailand is feeling the impact. Those places on the beautiful planet of Allah, where every good tourism destination was hasty busty with tourists…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Federation of Asean Travel Associations (FATA) has urged the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to resolve refund issues resulting from flight cancellations due to the Covid-19 pandemic. FATA president Datuk Tan Kok Liang said airlines have to prioritize making refunds instead of issuing vouchers which might have little or no value should they be liquidated. “The travel agencies are cognizant of the financial difficulties of the airline industry during these times. However, we also expect it would be equally respectful of the rights of the travel agencies. “More so, to our mutual clients who have entrusted their…
KARACHI: As you are aware that due to the ongoing crisis of COVID19, travel Industry in the world was the first business victim of the virus as abrupt travel restrictions caused closure of almost all Airports and cancellation of millions air tickets, umrah pilgrimage, tours, corporate and other traveling across the globe. Travel/ Tourism sector facing colossal financial losses and are at much higher risk of closure/ bankruptcy where hundreds of thousands of jobs are in danger because of predatory, unilateral and unfair policies adopted by IATA and Airlines, wherein the travel agencies on one hand are under acute pressure…
IATA CEO and Director General Alexandre de Juniac has written an open letter to travel agents about the ‘dark days’ for the industry why regulators must ease requirements for cash refunds and allow airlines to issue vouchers instead. Here’s what he said: “The global airline industry is going through its gravest crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting government ordered border closings and mobility restrictions have brought air transport to a standstill. One-third of the global fleet is parked, and we estimate that revenue from passenger ticket sales will fall 44% this year compared to 2019. There simply is no precedent…
MADRID: The unprecedented shut down of the aviation industry has left airlines holding a prospective bill of up to $35 billion as refunds to passengers for sold but unused tickets. The bill triggered by the covid-19 crisis, will further put pressure on airline reserves with new analysis by the International Air Transport Association IATA, predicting that airlines could drawdown as much as $61 billion of their cash reserves during the second quarter ending 30 June, 2020. They will also post a net loss of $39 billion for the quarter. “In addition to unavoidable costs, airlines are faced with refunding sold…
WASHINGTON: U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was holding calls with airline CEOs throughout the day on Friday, April 10 and announced details of a $32 billion payroll grant package later this afternoon. Under the $2.3 trillion CARES Act, passenger airlines are eligible for $25 billion in cash grants for payroll while cargo carriers can get $4 billion and airport contractors like caterers and airplane cleaners $3 billion. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told major airlines that he wants them to repay some of the $25 billion in cash grants the U.S. Congress approved last month to cover payroll costs as…
KATHMANDU: For the second time in five years, the snowy slopes of Everest will lie empty and silent. On 11 March, China suspended all climbing expeditions from the Tibetan side due to the coronavirus pandemic. Neighbouring Nepal supported the decision and followed suit, suspending the climbing season on its side of the mountain. Once again, as witnessed in 2015 when devastating earthquakes hit the region, no human being will summit the world’s highest peak this season. [huge_it_slider id=”536″] COVID-19 has had an enormous economic impact across the globe in terms of tourism. Adventure tourism is the backbone of Nepal’s economy,…